The mistress who remarried has returned.

So you really want to see her make a fool of herself? Haven't you had enough of the jokes of the past two or three days? This morning she even told him about how she crawled on her knees in front of Lord Yan's house. Wasn't that enough to amuse him for half a day?

She clearly hates talking about family matters the most.

Qin Huai said, "Yes. I want to hear it."

Su Yunxi felt a deep sadness in her heart, but she was almost at the East Palace, and the dream of curing the Crown Prince was about to come true. She had begged so many people, knelt before so many doors, been turned away so many times, and endured all the cold looks. She would not give up easily.

He suppressed his emotions, as if he were stabbing his own heart with a dagger.

"The other day, Lord Su went to take up his post in eastern Henan and brought back a whole cartload of local specialties. I was caught off guard and reached out to touch the bag of dates. Lord Su slapped my hand and said I was naive. I initially thought that at least some of the dates were for me. But actually, not a single one was for me. They were all for Miao'er and Xin Xin."

"I love making incense; it's my only hobby in life. I saw that Wang Guirong was using my incense-making tools to hold garbage, and the incense mortar was filled with swill."

"Wang Guirong called me a little bitch, and my mother a big bitch. My dad also thinks it sounds bad, but he doesn't care. Ugh, my dad also calls me a little bitch. Isn't that awful? I don't understand, isn't he my father?"

As Su Yunxi spoke, her eyes reddened. She really hated talking about family matters. Why did he have to force her to say it? She felt she had no dignity left in front of him. She smiled faintly, "General, am I ridiculous? I'm about to laugh until I cry. Why are you so serious and won't laugh? General, please smile..."

As always, Qin Huai stared intently at her every expression. His fingers traced down from her lips to her slender waist, where he pulled on her belt and slowly loosened it. "Let me check if there are any new injuries on your body."

How could he forget to refer to himself as a subject and her as a concubine, thus mocking her impoverished status?

Su Yunxi quickly pressed down his hand. She had never let a man see her body before, and she was unwilling to let him do as he pleased. It was a helpless act.

Since he didn't love her, she absolutely refused to have any physical intimacy with him. Besides, wasn't it enough for him to hear all this? He wanted to see new wounds to make him happy.

"No need to look, there are no new injuries. I wasn't beaten..."

"If you don't do as I say, I'll dump you immediately," Qin Huai said calmly. "What if you resist me?"

Su Yunxi was completely under his control, with no room to resist. She finally slowly moved her hand away. "General, you promised to help me, don't go back on your word. You see?"

Qin Huai pulled open her waist belt, lifted her collar with his fingers, and stripped off her clothes. Due to embarrassment and cold, she hunched her shoulders slightly, and her thin shoulders accentuated the view under her chest. She was so thin that you could see her ribs, but there was still a certain curve in her chest that was not to be ignored.

Qin Huai's gaze fell on her skin, and he saw that her delicate skin was covered with marks of pricking and scratches. The restlessness he had felt from her rummaging inside her clothes was suppressed. Her flawless body was now covered in scratches...

Seeing that his eyes held no lustful desire typical of a man looking at a woman's body, but rather a pity she couldn't understand—or perhaps it was her imagination that he was pitying her—Su Yunxi asked with a self-deprecating tone, "How is it?"

Qin Huai frowned. "There are indeed no new injuries."

That's not what I'm asking.

"What did you ask?"

"How does it feel to touch?" Su Yunxi asked stubbornly, comparing the feel of her to that of Miss Xue.

Qin Huai scrutinized her for a moment, then said softly, "She feels like a skinny monkey."

Su Yunxi's nose stung with tears; she certainly didn't have Miss Xue's plump and radiant appearance.

"General, I was indeed not beaten today, and I have no new injuries." Seeing that he still showed no sign of satisfaction, and knowing that the doctor had not yet entered the East Palace, things might change. She nervously clutched his clothes and pleaded softly, "If we haven't had enough fun today, we can have more fun with you tomorrow. I have an endless supply of jokes to tell you. You must come to the East Palace, General."

"Nothing you said to me today was funny at all," Qin Huai said in a deep voice. "It's not even a fraction as humorous as your father's."

"What did my father say to you?" Su Yunxi asked, seeing that he hadn't mentioned that she had entered the mansion wearing his cloak to take advantage of his status. So she didn't bring it up either.

"Your father said that you and your younger brother are not his biological children, but rather the offspring of your mother's affair with another man," Qin Huai said calmly. "Your behavior is inherited from your mother."

Upon hearing this, Su Yunxi felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. She hated nothing more than others slandering her mother.

Hearing this, she couldn't breathe, probably because the person who slandered her mother was her father.

And her father, in front of the man she once loved most, so badly denigrated her mother and her.

All her strength was drained away.

Su Yunxi glanced at Qin Huai, remaining silent about her father's slander against her mother. "General, will you continue to examine this body? May I put my clothes on?"

Qin Huai's hand, which was gripping her waist, tightened slightly before loosening. "When the Crown Prince looked at your body, was he as restrained as I am? Was your undergarment still on?"

Su Yunxi straightened her clothes, slid off his lap, and sat by the window, returning to her quiet world that belonged only to herself. She didn't try to defend herself, because from the moment Qin Huai slapped her, it was clear he didn't trust her at all. He imagined her and the Crown Prince to be far too despicable. She simply said, "What is there to say?"

Since he doesn't believe her, why should she explain?

Upon hearing this, Qin Huai's eyes filled with gloom.

Liu Shun stopped the car. "General, Chief Medical Officer Kang Yin is waiting ahead. The Eastern Palace is not far away. There are five or six guards at the gate."

Su Yunxi stood up. To avoid suspicion, it was not appropriate to bring people to the East Palace in such a grand manner. If this matter were to reach the palace, it might not save the Crown Prince's life, but instead implicate Qin Huai. Even though she had resented him for many years, she still cared about him from the bottom of her heart and did not want him to be involved in the crime of regicide.

She immediately walked downstairs, saying, "I'll go to the East Palace first."

Qin Huai nodded slightly. "Indeed, Consort Liang hasn't seen the Crown Prince for three hours. It's understandable that she's eager to return. I imagine she misses him terribly?"

Su Yunxi had nothing to say, and didn't say anything that would be considered hypocritical, such as that she was thinking of him. She pointed to his cloak and said, "Your clothes are on the chair."

After saying that, he didn't say anything more and got off the carriage first.

A chilling killing intent rose in Qin Huai's eyes. If the root cause were eliminated, perhaps this restlessness would dissipate.